Different versions of TinyTERM for Windows handle copying and pasting text differently. Pasting into another application, such as Lotus Notes, may give a graphic instead of text. Or the lines may break incorrectly: too many spaces between, or none. And pasting into the emulator may put extra blank lines in, or erase the line feeds badly. Furthermore, exactly what happens will vary with the version of TinyTERM.

Oddly enough, all these behaviors came about because of customer requests. Depending on the source or destination for the copied text, different applications have different needs.

The ability to copy a part of the screen as an image was removed permanently in TinyTERM 4.20. But the line feed issues varied by version from there until TinyTERM 4.53, when an interface option was added.

To get to that option, open the Session Properties. Next to the Emulation line is a Setup button. The Add carriage return to copy check box in the resulting dialog allows the user to control the copy/paste behavior as desired.

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